When the GRUB bootloader appears, press the spacebar to disable autoboot.Note: If the time between when you power on the virtual machine and when it exits the BIOS or EFI and launches the guest operating system is too short, you can adjust the delay. For more information, see Delay the Boot Sequence in the VMware vSphere 5.5 Documentation guide.

Type p to access the appliance boot options.

Enter the GRUB password.

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Now I locked my self out trying passwords. Thus when you hit p you have to type your password. But it doesn’t lock you out at this point. Thus I found my password after a bit of work.